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No. 255,614. Patented Mar; 28,1882,

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IRAD L. GARSIDE, OF PATTERSON, NEWv JERSEY. i

B RACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,614, Vdated March '28, 1882.

Application filed March 15, 188].

To all whom it may concern'.-

Beitknown that I, IRAD L. GARslDF., a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements relating to Bracelets, of which the following is a speciljcation.

1 have simplified the click, materially diminished thelaborofitsconstruction,andiuereased its strength. I- thereby avoid the need of fastening-pins`or solder'and add to the appearance and value of the bracelet. The click is liberated bya tensileinstead of a compressingt'orce, which fact'forbids its being liberated by arcidental causes.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specilication.

Fi gurelrepresents the entire bracelet, partly in section, in two conditionsopen and closed. Fig. 2 is a section atthe joint, showing the click in plan. Fig. 3 is a section corresponda g to Fig.

l l, but showing the parts justin the act oi' being opened or closed. Fig. el is a section showing the condition during a certain period when inserting the spring. Fig. 5 is a face view of the working portions of the click, and shows the form of aperture, or, as I have termed it, the mortise, in one of the abutting ends. Fig. 6 shows the opposite abutting end.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all-the gures.

A B are two hollow halves of the bracelet, hinged together at c. The end ofA is provided with a socket, a a. (See Fig. 5.) The part a ot' the socket is deep enough to allow the proper amount of radial motion of a click which enters it, while the extension ais only7 suiiiciently deep to allow the insertion of the click. The click is a thin piece of hard brass or German silver, which lserves the function of catch, spring, and liberating means. As a whole it will be designated by the letter` D, and additional marks D D2, 85o., indicate particular portions thereof.

(Model.)

portion of the material of the click at this point. It engages the part B when the bracelet is in use.

The main body ot' the click is marked D4. It preferably has the center cut out a considerable length to give it greater elasticity and lightness. Near the end of the bracelet a portion, D5, of the click is bent up and forms a knob, which is taken hold ot' when it isdesired to liberate thebracelet. Asufficientrecess, A', is formed lin the end ofthe part Ato allow the knob D5 to be received. q

Dfare shoulders, wide enough to engage with the sides of the mortise c. The metal is cut a little adjacent to the shoulders, which are bent down slightly to preventqthe withdrawal of the click.

The end D is introduced into the socket a a and thrust forcibly inward. The shoulders D6 straighten for the moment to allow their passage, but having passed completely in they spring again into the bent or deflected condition and forbid the device being removed. The width of the part a of the socket is suflicent to receive the end D2, but will not allow the passage of the shoulders D5. rIhe click springs down by its own elasticity, and lies forcibly pressing ou the bottom or inner side of the mortise a. It canY be moved radially outward by any sufficient force, but it cannot be forced farther inward end wise by reason of the knob D5, no1l drawn outward endwise by reason of the shoulders D5. The corresponding abutting end ofthe part B has a plain mortise, b, of a width corresponding to the protruding end D2of the click and of a thickness sufficient to allow the passage ot the catch D3.' The catch has one square face and one beve-led face. Nhen the bracelet is closed the tongue D2 enters the socket b, and the beveled face of the catch Drides over the inner edge ofthe socket and lifts the tongue until the square face of the catch passes the mortise, .when it springs into place and the bracelet is closedl. To libcrate it the knob D5 is drawn forcibly outward enough to lift thecatch D3 out of engagement.

My invention avoids the necessity of any holes in the edges or in any other part ot' the bracelet, It avoids the necessity of fasteningpins or solder. The parts are adapted to be made with the required accuracy by machinery, and can be put together rapidly and with little labor. To avoid looseness I propose usually to make the catch D3 so that it requires alittle to bc tiled ofi' or otherwise removed from the square face to allow it to engage, and as the parts are applied together the mechanic finds by successive trials how much to remove to allow it to engage with just suiicient ease without being loose.

Modifications may bemade in many ofthe details. The form ot' cross-section of the parts A and B may be widely varied. rlhe part D may be made longer or shorter, and may be steel or any other material. The bracelet may bevariously stamped and decorated. Some parts of the invention may be used without the others. I can effect the engagement ot' the click with the part B by omitting the projection D3 and providing a sufcient hole at that part of the click, and canse the parts to engage by the hole in the check sliding over and receiving a suitable spur in the partB; orI can do boththat is, have a hole and also have the metal beyond the hole bent down and let the bentv projection slide over and engage the stop or spur. I. prefer the precise construction shown.

I am aware of the patent to Doloft' August 16, 1878, and to Shaw September 14, 1880. Neither of them has a click and its fastening in one piece secured without extraneousfastenlng.

I claim as my inventionl. The spring composing the bracelet-click D, having the root D', body D4, and shoulders D6, adapted to be engaged and retained in the part aa of a bracelet by its own elasticity, as herein specified.

2. The click described, having the shoulder D3 and the shoulder yor shoulders D, in combination with a bracelet having hollow parts, one part, A, having a mortised end adapted to .receive the main body of the click and. to perbody D4 and arranged to serve as the operat.

ing means for disconnecting by a tensile strain, and also to serve with the shoulders D6 to hold the click against being t'orced inward, as herein specified.

In testimony whereofI. have hereunto set my hand, at New York city, New York, this 10th dayof March, 1881,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I. L. GARSIDE.

Witnesses:

M. F. BoYLE, Y CHARLES O; SrE'rsoN. 

